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Bipod broke my stock!!! Ever seen this?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1931276" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I would not hunt with something that was that flimsy. If one more pound of weight is to heavy to carry, some work outs are in order. I understand specialty stocks, but to have something that will fail in any use is beyond me.</p><p></p><p>Many times I see the use of light weight materials used on rifles,and then they mount a 3 1/2 to 4 pound scope on it. in my opinion it is the wrong place to cut weight. I also see lots of these stocks break in the wrist area from simple recoil and that is never good. At least the older fiberglass stocks could be repaired, but reattaching foam to foam if fruitless.</p><p></p><p>Even the Tupperware stocks are more durable that foam and a light skin. In order to make more money the rifle manufacture cut corners and now is paying for it with loss of sales until they get it together. buying a name brand rifle doesn't automatically make it more accurate and in cases like this the OP didn't get what he expected and paid a premium price.</p><p></p><p>Also with the use of a sling and only one sling swivel the stock would probably break under normal hunting. If one more 1/4 '' hole caused it to fail, it was not strong enough in the first place.</p><p>Any hunting rifle should be designed to be handled rough so if the owner takes care of it, it should last a lifetime with no problems.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about the rant, But there is no excuse for something like that.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1931276, member: 2736"] I would not hunt with something that was that flimsy. If one more pound of weight is to heavy to carry, some work outs are in order. I understand specialty stocks, but to have something that will fail in any use is beyond me. Many times I see the use of light weight materials used on rifles,and then they mount a 3 1/2 to 4 pound scope on it. in my opinion it is the wrong place to cut weight. I also see lots of these stocks break in the wrist area from simple recoil and that is never good. At least the older fiberglass stocks could be repaired, but reattaching foam to foam if fruitless. Even the Tupperware stocks are more durable that foam and a light skin. In order to make more money the rifle manufacture cut corners and now is paying for it with loss of sales until they get it together. buying a name brand rifle doesn't automatically make it more accurate and in cases like this the OP didn't get what he expected and paid a premium price. Also with the use of a sling and only one sling swivel the stock would probably break under normal hunting. If one more 1/4 '' hole caused it to fail, it was not strong enough in the first place. Any hunting rifle should be designed to be handled rough so if the owner takes care of it, it should last a lifetime with no problems. Sorry about the rant, But there is no excuse for something like that. Just my opinion J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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